Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-17
hon. I. = HUMEs
Addresses she People e
Newcastle.



Ladkn and Gsaszsasem of Neaprnafis -
Eou are al aWzaa that &C election has
hes1 called 20 al the vacancy ooeasioE-
"a 81 the Sudden dea4h Of our disfiE-
Q1istsd citizen. tie Hon0E8bis z. h
Hsiforan, WIS sas b the votes % tAis
oeunty little more than . year aRa,
eiscled 20 represent yoa IN The lower
house Of tbe Esnfsiatuse.
Certain tickets have been placed be-
fore yun, eseh asking for your votes.
We ere here this evening for the pnf-
Daaa o. defiuina eur position acoE the
q1ssfiOns which are nov before you fer
scar dsefEi1n- have been selected bg
che RspubIioan central COMMITTEES as
TIE Rspnbiiean candidate 20 al that
vacancy. Another gentleman hsa beeS
nominated b. another party 10 ill the
same position. Each Of the parties 10
presumed 10 represent certain idszs
which. II elected, De will try to crystal
ize into Isw. Nov Il Is for roo 10 de-
termins. sud you vii determines wsas
those issaes are aed ssieet a nan that
y0u think will carry them into efIsct.
There are certain questions which are
aaiSatfna the people OF this c0anty
which demand youe attention. Il h
not necessary for me 20 say 10 y0a what
the princiriss ere thas we're anuneiated
10 tie piatf0rm upon which ! Rns ran
nfne. Yen aIl. no doubt, have read
that piatform and you ali understand
what she Republican principles are. !
am a Republican and an IN favor OF
osFtais legislation, and u ! shsuld be
90 fUFtunate IS to receive your votes and
70 be elected, will Try nv best TO bring
about she necessary legislation TO carry
those reforms into effect.
/ ala not come here tonight 30
make any set speech, 20 electrify you
gith eISquence. bot 70 talk TO you
plainly, oandidly and fairly on what the
IDEAS are Of the party whose candidate
| am and to let you take your choies a.
Sou may zee ft. Among the questions
that are aRitatinR the people in this
county and have aQitated the people IN
this county heretofore, and / know OF
90 reaaon Why nov u should be lost
sight Of, is the question Of goal taxa
ton. refer 30 this infamous gross
earning tax law so-eaiied. think
that ought 10 be repealed; think it
should never have been enacted. II
should be elected, viii make every ef
fort to bring about its repeal. cannot
understand why political party shoaid
be brought into existence, never having
been heard Of before within this terri
tory, and that plank Of the platform be
left out II is left cut. l suppose my
opponsnt will vote es would vote-foE
its repeal. Every honest, Intelligent
man shouid vote for its repeal. do
NOT say that my opponent, II elected,
would NOS vote for les repeal, but the q
IL nothing in bis platform which says
that hs 10 in favor Of ice repeal. say
that upon this question the party Is
silent.
There are two parties, presumably, IN
an elections; Il ia true In this. | an
running as q Republican. There is nc
Democratic candidate In the field
There IL no candidate In the hald nor-
mated by the party shat worked snch
sad havoc with the ambition of 90 many
aspiring politicians IN this county last
fall. They have not put anybody ia
the Geld. There is smother party in the
field, but that psrty is named The
Equal Suffrage party-"lhe Peoples
Equal Suffrage" party; name hereto
fore unknown Ia the history OF poliiics,
They ignore other issues that should be
brought oat, other issues that should
be discussed and should never be LOST
sight Of until they are crystaliizea iBto
law. TIE Republican platform declares
ia favor Of hsFmonizing the differences
that may exist between capital aud
labor. I am IN favor Of more stringent
measures to require corporations and
mice owners to De more vigilant Ia theiI
care Of the lives Of thoae whom they
employ. l am In favor OF the election
OF an inspector OF mines TO DO salaRied
and paid IS other officers are; thiDh
legislation in that direction wise.
There is another matter that sh0ald
not be lost sight Of. We all know that
our neighboFing county on the south is
csvet0us and desires 10 take several
million dollars Of taxable property
from our county and add IL 10 hers.
refer 10 the desire on the part OF Pieros
county b. take the six OoaeFessional
townships on the south OF this county
and add them 20 Pierce. ! am rot il
favor Of that. and don't believe there
is q voter in King county who Is IN favor
Of IL, because taking iast that much
taxable property out of this county
makes rs iusE thai much poorer and 10.
ersases our rate Of taxation IN proper.
ton ana lessons their taxation and
makes then tbs richer. | am rot II
favor Of thst. The Northern Pacific
railroad, Il is intimated, desiYes 70 bring
a1at about. II flecsed, L will do my utmost
to prevent their taking those townships
Oh und adding them TO Pierce county
understand that my opponent il q
worthy gentleman. have not tue
hoaoF Of his acquaintance, bus under
stand him 10 be "a honorable man.
am making no fight on the Ceztleman
personally, bat he represents che idea,
ana that is the right OF equal scffrsce,
The RIGHT OF woman to vote. ana not
Ia favor q eonferTinR that privilege
now. ! shall noa vste, II elected, for the
re- enaetmeut Of the so-eailed "waman
suffrage law" have reasons for ia.
They mss saT am Inconsistent. They
may say, THAT Is Bot What yoa said \
year ago." bat ysu must iacge Of the
year aco ~ tha then surroundings.
make this statement, gentlemen. thst
yon may understand my 2 lsitio5. de-
sire 10 fool 10 one. desire 90 set tke
vote Of no one under false rrstsnses. It
i not right that shonid, md tell yen
frankly taat Il | SIN elected l vii not
vote fer tts re-enaotment OF the So
called "goman saHrege law They
msy say thas l an inconsistent IS q
Republican; they may say that Your
Republican platform Of year ego de-
slsftd IN favor OF w8nlan safffAge, bat
understand thai 4 scar agn that law was
upon the statute books and the people
10 the main we're tr ing 90 acoowrno-
date themselves 20 the then order af
thipcs.
Ihs Republican party he's always baen
q conservative party. Il pFefefed rather
90 leave mstfsrs IS ttey were thaa Ia
steate disirFbance bT asking for the re-
peal q that law. Is Wss then supposed
thai % vas iaw. Il has turned cut
since that Is was no lsw, thst il vas q
void enactment. DAFT proposes 30 dis
c1ss to5icht this question Of SofuAa
sufaee. whether il i right inalien.
able or inhosn, 81 Ekssaer il is desy,
OF shether Il is privilege. Ibis Il rot
The tiHe 10 discuss thai q1ssti0n. Ism
uct IN favaF % aiscussiBg CT aeiiaains
tits qassai1n % woEnau s1draee ust1l
we have tie Eis hs to settle il 0nea for
al. We esse 20 poser 20 DO thai ncw.
The qaestiCa viii be an eve scse and 3
bono cf oo1seEiign Sc ioae as we are 3
territory. "a long es it legends for its
validity on the simple viii Of tae terri
toEial legislature. A year acs IL tie
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